Sharyn Jones ODay - Behaviour Behind Bones: The zooarchaeology of ritual, religion, status and identity

THE TUNDZHA REGIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT

SURFACE SURVEY, PALAEOECOLOGY, AND ASSOCIATED STUDIES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BULGARIA, 20092015 FINAL REPORT

Edited by

SHAWN A. ROSS, ADELA SOBOTKOVA, JULIA TZVETKOVA, GEORGI NEKHRIZOV, AND SIMON CONNOR

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Front cover: Top: View of the Kazanlak Valley looking north to Mt Botev (courtesy Maty Krack); bottom: view of the Yambol province landscape looking north to the Stara Planina (courtesy Shawn Ross).

Back cover: Top: landscape in Kazanlak (courtesy Maty Krack); insert: pottery find (line drawing by Julia Tzvetkova).

List of figures

List of tables

List of colour figures

Links to digital resources

TRAP Digital Archive DOI: https://doi.org/10.6078/M7TD9VD3

List of contributors

M R S TEFAN B AKARDZHIEV , Yambol History Museum, Yambol, Bulgaria ()

MR R OBBI B ISHOP -T AYLOR , Earth Observation Scientist, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia ()

M S L AUREN C LEAR , Environmental Consultant, Arcadis ()

D R SIMON E. C ONNOR , Maison des Sciences de lHomme et de lEnvironnement, Universit Bourgogne Franche-Comt, Besanon, France (). School of Geography, University of Melbourne, Australia

M S Y ULIA D IMITROVA , PhD Student, National Institute of Archaeology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria ()

A SSOCIATE P ROFESSOR A NDY I. R. herrieS, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia ()

M R I LIJA K. I LIEV , Yambol History Museum, Yambol, Bulgaria ()

D R P ETRA J ANOUCHOV , Field Acquired Information Management Systems Project, Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University ()

M S K ARINA J UDD , Inspirator, Smart Skills, Questacon The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra, Australia ()

D R N ADEZHDA K ECHEVA , National Institute of Archaeology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria ()

D R L ENNARD M ARTIN , School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia ()

A SSOCIATE P ROFESSOR S COTT M OONEY , School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia ()

A SSOCIATE P ROFESSOR D R G EORGI N EKHRIZOV , National Institute of Archaeology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria ()

D R K AREN P RIVAT , Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia ()

A SSOCIATE P ROFESSOR S HAWN A. R OSS , Department of Ancient History and Department of Modern History, Politics, and International Relations, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia ()

D R A DELA S OBOTKOVA , Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia ()

M S P ETRA T ULOV , PhD Student, Institute for Classical Archaeology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic ()

A SSISTANT P ROFESSOR D R J ULIA T ZVETKOVA , Department of Ancient History, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria ()

M R T ODOR V ALCHEV , Yambol History Museum, Yambol, Bulgaria ()

D R B ARBORA W EISSOV , Institute of Archaeological Studies, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany ()

List of participants

Erik Andersen

Anani Antonov

Joo Arajo

Linda Arwani

Stefan Bakardzhiev

Rebecca Bennet

Robbi Bishop-Taylor

Tereza Blakov

Magda Bolekov

Elena Bozhinova

Stacey Brorup

Georgia Burnett

Tom Cavdarski

Ashley Chee-Quee

Tom Chmela

Cecilia Choi

Viktorie Chystyakov

Lauren Clear

Simon Connor

Katarina ulkov

Emil Dakashev

Charlotte Devereux Byron

Yulia Dimitrova

Evtimka Dimitrova

Yana Dimitrova

Tereza Dobrovodsk

Vra Dolelkov

Bethan Donnelly

Adla Dorkov

Martin Drahord

Martin Eftimoski

Mark Foster

Dragomir Garbov

Renee Gardiner

Veronika Gencheva

Bistra Gyaurova

Andy Herries

Sona Holikov

Hristo Hristov

Ilija Iliev

Georgi Iliev

Stanislav Iliev

Dimitrina Ivanova

Scott Jackson

Emma Jakobsson

Petra Janouchov

Jana Jebav

Karina Judd

Nadezhda Kecheva

Ivana Klmov

Marketa Kobiersk

Aneta Kohoutov

Maty Krack

Michaela Krusteva/Chausheva

Stana Kuov

Raelee-Jordan Lancaster

Siobhan Lawler

Royce Lawrence

Bogdana Lilova

Elaine Lin

Catherine Longford

Kimberley Lowe

Stanislav Marchovski

Lyubomir Markovski

Len Martin

Tanya Mateeva

Robin McAlpin

Jodie McClintock

Michael Michalski

Georgi Mihailov

Petar Minkov

Martin Mladenov

Hannah Morris

Georgi Nekhrizov

Barbara Klara Olujic

Meglena Parvin

Hristina Pavkova

Alina Petanec

Lindsay Prazak

Julie Prykaza

Aleksandar Riskov

Shawn Ross

Yavor Rusev

Jana Ryavkov

Radko Sedlek

Joel Sercombe

Hamish Sinclair

Adela Sobotkova

Corinne Softley

Zac Spielvogel

Jarmila vdov

Nikola Tonkov

Eva Tonkova

Angel Trendafilov

Tsoni Tsonev

Petra Tulov

Julia Tzvetkova

Valerie Uramov

Deborah Van Sambeeck

Todor Vulchev

Oscar Warren

Barbora Weissov

Dagmar Winklerov

Ashley Wong

Kosyo Zarev

Bryan Zlatos

Absolute chronology

Acknowledgements

Much more than charm was necessary for us to conduct three years of total-coverage survey in the formidable landscapes of the Kazanlak Valley and Thracian Plain. Serendipity and dedicated Bulgarian partners, who worked tirelessly to convince colleagues about the benefits of survey and procured permits season after season, were the main ingredients to our access to the valley. This volume is evidence of their persistence, willingness to take up a challenge and ability to collaborate despite cultural, linguistic, and methodological differences, bridging disciplinary and administrative boundaries in the process.